Christie loves skewering the Legislature's Dems: Capital Clips

If Gov. Christie has a favorite indoor sport it is ridiculing the Democrats in the Legislature. He took aim again at a town meeting in Bridgewater Jan. 24.

On Jan. 10, Christie proposed a 10 percent income tax cut for all taxpayers in his State of the State speech to the Legislature.

Democrats responded predictably, claiming it favored the wealthy and moaned about fiscal responsibility.

Observing that rich people will get more back than lower wage earners, Christie noted: "That's because they are paying more to begin with ... so I don't understand how cutting everybody's the same percentage isn't fair to everybody ... the plan is simple, if you have a job your taxes are going down."

Responding to Democrats who complain about fiscal responsibility -- the tax cuts could cost the state more than $1 billion after three years -- Christie taunted, "these are the folks who were in charge for eight years and left me with $13 billion in deficits ... these are the folks who raised your taxes and fees 115 times in eight years ... these are the folks who led us to have the highest tax state in the nation ... the worst business climate in America ... $70 billion in wealth left the Garden State between 2004 and 2008 ... they've borrowed more money than anybody in history ... and they're preaching to me about fiscal responsibility."

He continued: "Remember last summer when they tried to scare you seven months ago ... and here we are seven months later better than we were ... our policies are working ... leadership works ... telling people the truth works."